Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3049 Warrant for removal
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 203— - ARREST AND COMMITMENT › § 3049
Summary
One warrant moves a prisoner between districts; give copies to both sheriffs, and return the original with the marshal’s note to the receiving clerk.
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Title 18, §3049
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Only one writ or warrant is necessary to remove a prisoner from one district to another. One copy thereof may be delivered to the sheriff or jailer from whose custody the prisoner is taken, and another to the sheriff or jailer to whose custody he is committed, and the original writ, with the marshal’s return thereon, shall be returned to the clerk of the district to which he is removed.
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Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 604 (R.S. § 1029).
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18 U.S.C. § 3049
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73